Weight loss

[WelshRose_1]

Hi, I’m new to this forum. I need to lose 3 stone. What would be a healthy amount of weight to lose each week?

[Zest]

Hi WelshRose_1

Welcome to the Healthy eating forum. I'd like to wish you success with your weight loss goals. Usually people lose a bit more in the first week, but after anything between 1 and 2 pounds of weight would be a good rate of weight loss - but it can vary.

If you'd like to have a look at the NHS weight loss plan (which this forum is linked to), then you can have a look here - and I'd also recommend the NHS weight loss forum too - as they have regular weigh-ins which are free as well as lots of other support too.

NHS 12 week plan is here:

nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Losing-w...

This forum (Healthy eating) also has a lot of Topics and pinned posts that you may find helpful, so I hope you'll stick with us and have a look around.

Zest

[SMITHYC Health Champion]

Hi WelshRose

Aim for 1-2lbs per week.

Set yourself small goals like 7lbs in the first 2months.

Your goals have to be achievable.

Measure yourself as you can sometimes loose inches and not weight.

Try and plans your meals ahead. I batch cook and freeze mine then I don’t have to think what to cook.

Good luck on your weight journey.

[Mummyof4at33]

They say a healthy loss is 1-2lbs a week but anything above this is a bonus, Just don't lose too much too soon

[andyswarbs]

Your goal should, as others have said, small and steady weight loss that is irreversible. Have you a plan on how to achieve this.

[TheAwfulToad]

I'm going to contradict everyone else and suggest that you should consider first what your weight maintenance diet is going to look like. It's a safe bet that you didn't intentionally gain three stone, so if at some point in the future you go back to what you're doing now, it'll come right back again.

Put it this way: your bodyweight tends towards an equilibrium, and your present diet puts you at an equilibrium position that's three stone heavier than you want to be. If you begin to eat a diet that represents a different equilibrium position, your weight will drop towards it at a slowly-reducing rate (fast at first, slower later).

I suppose what I'm saying is, "what's a healthy rate of weight loss?" will be decided by your body. Give it the right diet and it'll find the right rate. The "right diet" is one that doesn't make you feel hungry, doesn't drive you to binge on cookies, and doesn't include foods that are guaranteed to make you fat (usually, the latter are easy to spot because they come in attractive packaging with the words 'low cholesterol!', 'zero fat!', or 'only 226 calories!' in big letters). Don't imagine it's something that you can control by dialling calories up and down. Sorry if that's a bit Zen, but that's my experience (and my understanding of the underlying science).

[roseerj]

I think around 2llbs a week would be fine to lose

[PhilFreeToAsk]

A point to ponder. When you have lost weight, how will you have changed to make sure that you don't put all the weight back on again?